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Wireless Cable Gateway
CG3000D-1CXNAS
User Manual
350 East Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
May 2010
202-10666-01
v1.0
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Wireless Cable Gateway CG3000D-1CXNAS © 2010 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the written permission of NETGEAR, Inc. P/N: Part Number TBD v1.0 Technical Support When you register your product at http://www.netgear.com/register, we can provide you with faster expert technical support and timely notices of product and so
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Connecting to the Internet Gateway Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Gateway Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Logging Into Your Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Viewing the Basic Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Chapter 2 Wireless Configurat
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Wireless Cable Gateway CG3000D-1CXNAS Remote Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Configuring Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Troubleshooting Chapter 5 Basic Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Using LEDs to Troubleshoot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Connecting to the Gateway’s Main Menu
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1. Connecting to the Internet 1 For help installing the gateway, see the Wireless Cable Gateway CG3000D-1CXNAS Quick Install Guide. This chapter describes how to configure your gateway’s Internet connection and includes these sections: • “Gateway Front Panel” on page 6. • “Gateway Rear Panel” on page 7. • “Logging Into Your Gateway” on page 7. • “Viewing the Basic Settings” on page 9. For information about product features and compatible NETGEAR products, see the NETGEAR webs
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Wireless Cable Gateway CG3000D-1CXNAS Gateway Front Panel Figure 1 Gateway front view You can use the LEDs to verify status and connections. The following table lists and describes each LED and button on the front panel of the gateway. LED Description • Green: Power is supplied to the cable modem. • Blinking: Power on self-test. Power • Off: No power. • Green: One or more downstream channels is locked. • Blinking: The unit is scanning for a downstream channel. Downstream • Off: No downstre
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Wireless Cable Gateway CG3000D-1CXNAS Gateway Rear Panel USB Coaxial Power Power On/Off port cable adapter button Ethernet LAN ports connector input Figure 2 Gateway rear panel The rear panel includes the following connections, viewed from left to right: • Four Gigabit-Ethernet LAN ports: Use these ports to connect local computers. • USB port: The USB port is a USB host and can be used for connecting a USB hard drive, flash drive, or printer. • Coaxial cable connector: Attach coa
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Wireless Cable Gateway CG3000D-1CXNAS When you have logged in, if you do not click Logout, the gateway waits for 5 minutes after no activity before it automatically logs you out. To log in to the gateway: 1. On the computer that is connected to the gateway with an Ethernet cable, type http://192.168.0.1 in the address field of your Internet browser. A login window opens. 2. Log in with the user name admin and its default password of password. When you connect to the gateway the Gateway Stat
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Wireless Cable Gateway CG3000D-1CXNAS Viewing the Basic Settings The Basic Settings screen shows the Internet settings for the gateway. To view or configure the basic settings: 1. Select Basic Settings from the main menu. 2. You can fill in the Domain Name and Device Name fields. • By default, the Dynamic IP radio button is selected. This allows the gateway to download network configuration from your ISP. • Select Static IP only if your ISP has assigned you a permanent, fixed (static)
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2. Wireless Configuration 2 Note: Before changing wireless settings, connect the gateway and set up its Internet connection as described in the Wireless Cable Gateway CG3000D-1CXNAS Quick Install Guide. This chapter includes: • Setting Up Your Wireless Network. • “Manually Configuring Wireless Settings” on page 11. • “Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) Wireless Setup” on page 13. • “Wi-Fi Multimedia” 16. on page • “Advanced Wireless Settings” on page 17. For more information a
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Wireless Cable Gateway CG3000D-1CXNAS Manually Configuring Wireless Settings You can manually configure the wireless settings and security for your gateway from the Wireless Settings screen. To view or configure the wireless settings: 1. If you are located near the gateway, use an Ethernet cable to connect your computer to the gateway while you are changing the wireless settings. Note: If you connect wirelessly to the gateway and then change its wireless network name (SSID) or wireless sec
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Wireless Cable Gateway CG3000D-1CXNAS To set up WPA or WPA2 wireless security: 1. In the Security Options section of the Wireless Settings screen, leave the default setting or select one of the WPA settings: • WPA-PSK. This setting provides the TKIP encryption type and a pre-shared key passphrase. • WPA2-PSK. This setting provides the AES encryption type and a pre-shared key passphrase. 2. Depending on the WPA settings that you select, enter the required information. For WPA-PSK
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Wireless Cable Gateway CG3000D-1CXNAS To set up WEP wireless security: 1. In the Wireless Settings screen, select the WEP radio button in the Security Options section. 2. Select the Authentication from the drop-down list.The default is Automatic. 3. Depending on the encryption strength that you want, select one of these WEP Encryption options: • 64-bit encryption • 128-bit encryption 4. Enter a Passphrase (recommended) or WEP Keys: • To use a passphrase and generate keys, en
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Wireless Cable Gateway CG3000D-1CXNAS Note: All WPS-capable products should be compatible with the gateway. For more detailed information about the WPS standard, see http://www.wi-fi.org). There are two Push 'N' Connect methods, Push Button and PIN (personal identification number). • Push Button. This is the preferred method. See the following section, Using the WPS Button. • PIN. See “Using a PIN” on page 15. Using the WPS Button You can use the WPS button to automatically set up
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Wireless Cable Gateway CG3000D-1CXNAS 4. Either click the WPS button, or press the button on the front of the gateway. • The WPS LED on the front of the gateway begins to blink. • The gateway tries to communicate with the wireless computer or device for 2 minutes. • If the Security Option in the Wireless Settings screen was set to Disabled, it is automatically changed to WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES] including a random wireless security password. 5. Go to the wireless compute
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Wireless Cable Gateway CG3000D-1CXNAS • The gateway tries to communicate with the wireless computer or device for 4 minutes. • If the Security Option in the Wireless Settings screen was set to Disabled, it is automatically changed to WPA-PSK (including a PSK security password). When the computer connects to the wireless network, the gateway sends its SSID and WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK configuration to that computer. 6. On the computer that just joined the wireless network, make sure you can
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Wireless Cable Gateway CG3000D-1CXNAS Advanced Wireless Settings You can use the Advanced Wireless Settings screen to configure the wireless radio settings, and other advanced settings: The following table describes the fields in the Advanced Wireless Settings screen. Advanced Wireless Settings Description Wireless Access Enable Wireless Access Point By default this checkbox is selected so that the Point (Enhanced gateway works as a wireless access point. You can Feature) turn off the wirele
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Wireless Cable Gateway CG3000D-1CXNAS Start Configure Button This button can be used to start WPS configuration. Note: The first time you use WPS it will assign a random network name (SSID) and a random passphrase to your wireless network. If you want to keep the network name and passphrase you specified in the Wireless Settings screen, you must select the Keep Wireless Settings checkbox. 1. Click the Start Configure button. • The WPS LED on the front of the gateway begins to blink. •
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Wireless Cable Gateway CG3000D-1CXNAS 3. Click the Setup Access List button to display the Wireless Card Access List screen. Note: If you are configuring the gateway from a wireless computer, make sure to add your computer’s MAC address to the Access List. Otherwise you will lose your wireless connection when you click Apply. You must then access the gateway from a wired computer, or from a wireless computer that is on the access control list, to make any further changes. 4. In the Networ
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3. Managing Your Network 3 This chapter describes how to perform network management tasks with your gateway. When you log in to the gateway (see “Logging Into Your Gateway” on page 7), these tasks are grouped under Maintenance. This chapter includes: • Viewing the Gateway Status. • “Viewing the Connection Status” on page 22. • “Changing Passwords” on page 22. • “Backing Up and Restoring Your Settings” 23. on page • “Viewing the Event Log” on page 24. • “Running the
